I've been extremely busy dealing with more DS issues 😢 and traveling non-stop for several months, and been away from SI for a while, but glad to see the pic thread is still alive with so many new faces! Yay! So many beautiful faces!

I've done quite a bit of mushroom hunting in the last month, so I thought I would post a pic of some delicacies for y'all to drool over, lol.

Anyone else hunt morels?

Some of my morels, the darlings of the mushroom world:

And H, holding his first finds of the season, (he was like a kid in a candy store):
Poofed H

PPGA, we get morels at our place up north, but some years are better than others. We often miss the best hunting because we're not up there during the week. Last year we found one. I was mowing the lawn, and just happened to notice it in the yard. I showed it to my brother, and the next morning he left and took it with him. Needless to say I won't be showing him if I find any this year

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BreatheAgain10♀ MemberMember # 32657

Posted: 9:43 PM, April 28th (Monday), 2014

Wow! All of you are ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
I'm sooo glad I came back to SI for support. I'm also glad to put a face to many of your names. Many of you have given me wisdom that I truly appreciate, as it's really helping me and my fWH heal the right way.
Thank you for sharing! You've all made me smile and feel so safe here

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Posted: 10:11 PM, April 28th (Monday), 2014

Jana-

That is a sassy-looking little girl. Adorable.

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painpaingoaway♀ MemberMember # 27196

Posted: 6:48 AM, April 29th (Tuesday), 2014

Wow want2help, you hunt morels, chanterelles , and raise your own chickens...you are a girl after my own heart! We had some chickens when the kiddos were little. I remember a Japanese Silky my kiddos just loved. Unfortunately, some predator got it, and the kids were devastated. 😢. If you find any morels, you must post pics!

Wifehad5, your brother stole your only morel? how dare he, lol! it just cracked me up when you wrote, "he left, and took it with him". Hope you find some more this year. Our season is over now. I must wait another 360 days, grrrrr.

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painpaingoaway♀ MemberMember # 27196

Posted: 1:06 PM, April 29th (Tuesday), 2014

Wow want2, very cool. (Tip: avoid ducks they are very nasty and messy).

Morel tips, well I'm in the South, so it may be quite different in the PNW. We start looking late march early April, when the ground temp (use a cooking thermometer) reaches 53* in the shade at 8am. Once the ground temp reaches 59* you are wasting your time - move to higher elevations.

We look in river/creek bottoms around poplars, elms, and ash trees. Or, anywhere where the ground has been disturbed in the previous year by burns, logging operations, or digging. I understand burnsites are HUGE morel sites in your area.

We also grow shiitake, Lionsmane, and chicken of the woods on logs. We have about 700 logs now!

Breathe again, morels are a highly sought after, very expensive mushroom that only grows in the Spring of the year, and usually only for about 2 weeks in any one location. They taste unlike anything you have ever tasted before, and to me, taste nothing like a mushroom. I can't even describe the taste, but it is AWESOME!

Want2help, make sure you are positive on your morel ID. There are 'false morels' and there are reports of some people dying from eating them.